1 Chronicles 28

First, our willingness is more esteemed than our service. Therefore David counsels Solomon, not only to serve God, but with a willing mind (1 Chronicles 28:9). The will makes sin to be worse, and it makes duty to be better.

To know God, in whom is both Verum & Bonum, truth and goodness, is the masterpiece of wisdom. (1 Chronicles 28:9) And you Solomon my son, know the God of your father. And this knowledge of God is through Christ.

Crowns are signs of greatest honor, but these crowns the angels lay at the Lord's feet, to show that they ascribe the glory of all they do to him. 4. We do God's will as it is done in Heaven by the angels, when we do it willingly, sine murmuratione: The angels love to be employe…

“The Lord has sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne,” (Psalm 132:11.) Solomon was, beyond controversy, the type of this eternal King who was promised to David; nor can the promise be applied to Christ, except i…

David had the pattern of all things pertaining to the temple showed him, even in like manner as Moses had the pattern of the tabernacle: and Solomon built the temple according to that pattern which he had from his father David, which he received from God. 1 Chronicles 28:11, 12.…

There may be some assent, such as may engage to profession, and partial reformation, but the whole heart is not subdued to God. Then do we believe with the whole heart, when the heart is warmed with the things we know and assent to, when there is a full and free consent to take…

When we delight in God and find full complacency in him as our all-sufficient portion, without reserving any part of our hearts for other things. So for obedience, 1 Chronicles 28:9: And you Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and wit…

1. God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Father, as a lawgiver; Son, as a Redeemer, and head of the renewed estate; Holy Ghost, as our Sanctifier. 1. God the Father, who in the mystery of redemption is represented as our lawgiver, and Sovereign Lord; and will be not only known and w…

Every one of us in person does actually break with God before he breaks with us (2 Chronicles 15:2): If you forsake him, he will forsake you. (1 Chronicles 28:9): David tells Solomon, If you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever; he will not acknowledge you. Take this right…

Light breeds an awe of God, and minds us of our duty upon all occasions. (1 Chronicles 28:9) And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing [reconstructed: mind]. First know him, and then serve him.

Genesis 18:19: I know that Abraham will command his children, and they shall keep the way of the Lord. 1 Chronicles 28:9: And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a perfect heart. Surely Abraham and David did not take God's name in vain.

2. Consider it has ever been the Saints practice to instruct and teach their children the way of God. David we finde dropping instruction into his sonne Solomon, 1 Chronicles 28:9. Know you the God of your Father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a willing minde.

(1) We take no heed to the imaginations, and are not grieved for the constitution of the heart, for actual sins make original sin to swell, as two floods running into one makes a huge river. (2) We take not heed to the young births of the heart; with the concurrence of the mind,…

2. Delight in Religion crowns all our services. Therefore David counsels his son Solomon, not only to serve God, but to serve him with a willing mind, 1 Chronicles 28.9. Delight in duty is better than duty itself; as it is worse for a man to delight in sin, than to commit it, be…